The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1887-03-16

for three days from surface water. PUMPS
are in use clearing cellars.
The wholesale grocery house of H.
Clark & Co. is still closed, but all claims
are being settled in full.
Butte advices indicate that railroad
communication with Anaconda has been
resumed and can probably be kept up.
The repairing forces will now commence
work between Stuart and Garrison. The
main trouble will be the three bridges
across Deer Lodge river, the lower bridge
| near Garrison being particularly in bad
condition. The pressure Of ice ana drifts
upon the piles has broken some of them
off and weakened the structure. The
Union Pacific trains from the south are
said to be arriving on time at Butte
A man named j. C.. O'DounelI died in
his bed in his cabin at Butte from heart
disease on the morning of the l4th. His
partner, sleeping in the same bed, did not
discover the fact until after daybreak.
Willis Shanks was sentenced in the dis
trict court al Butte to ten years imprison-
ment at hard labor for highway robbery.
In the variety theater cases the defend
ants counsel succeeded in breaking Tie
Indictment, but Mr.. Dewitt, county attor-
ney, Immediately drew up new paperst
which went before the grand jury, which
was still in session, and two new indct-
ments against Ritchie and two against
Ritchie 4 Gordon were brought n and
bail in each case fixed at $780, This time
the counsel for the prosecution expect the
cases to stick
The body of Charles Savage was found
lying beside mineral spring in the south
branch of Horse canyon. The spring was
opened by Charles Savage and two or
three Butte gentlemen. He had evidently
been dead for some weeks. An empty
bitters bottle was found beside the body,
but its late contents could not be deter
mined.
Chicago dispatches Of the 14th state
that Mr.. and Mrs. Power aud Mrs. Broad
water are there. Col. Broadwater has
gone east. w. A. Clark leaves for Butte
tomorrow; Mrs. Beattie left for Helena
to-day.
D. G. Browne, NJ. e. Miner and w. J.
Barclay, the Manitoba engineer, came in
on the train this morning Mr.. Browne
transacted some business and took pri-
Vate conveyance and will overtake the
coach at Mitchell's at noon on which are
Messrs. Collins and McIntire, homeward
bound. Mr.. Miller will remain here q
few days. Mr.. Barclay has been trying
to secure a seat on the coach for to-mor-
row, but soa much mail came on the de-
layed trains that the company refuse to
receive passenger. Mr.. Barclay will
proceed Immediately with his work of To-
eating from Great Falls to Assinniboine,
commencing his work this time at Great
Falls and working east He informs your
correspondent that the line over Lonesome
prairie presents too many heavy grades
and that the new locations will probably
be right down the Missouri from the Ma
rias. He expects 20 run several lines
from Great Falls to Benton and the mouth
of the Marias before the final location will
be determined upon.
Passengers on this mornings train re-
port that about forty miles this side of
Fargo their train collided with an e,4st
bound freight about am. Saturday morn
ing. The freight train was badly wreck
ed, the engineer, fireman and brakeman
being killed. The passenger train was
badly shaken up, but no one severely IN
jured. The railroad authorities kept tine
matter so quiet that there was no tele-
graphic account of it given.
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Wash-outs Everywhere.